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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1882
Page
4
The Republicans of Sullivan town are called to a court house convention on Saturday night April 22 to nominate a town ticket and handle other business. R. H. Crowppr serves as chairman. The piece also comments on local political scandals and candidate tosses involving the poor house graveyard and a Waggoner controversy.
W A B Roberts, Clerk to Governor Porter, discusses Indiana politics with Streber noting Republicans likely to win. He names key figures McDonald Voorhees Hendricks English Landers Gray Sanders and labels intraparty rivalries. He profiles state officials including E R Lawn Wolfe Hill Baldwin Gordon and Bloss and predicts platform planks on anti prohibition and tariff.
Graysville reports Rev T C Smith preaching at Big Spring and local discourse. Notices urge a ferry from Tom Colliers to Hutsonville and Friday as a pilot date. Residents visit Turman and Turman prairie, with various family updates and farm moves. Brown's Iron Bitters advertised for digestion, plus a New York Tribune nod to Hazel Kirke.
Spring has arrived as H R Milam suffered a deep cut, two children were poisoned by pork root but recovered, and the community noted a heated Good Templars debate. The funeral of Alex Thompson drew many mourners with Rev Hutchinson delivering a fitting tribute. Regulars visited from Evansville and Sullivan as Walker's Chapel held quarterly meetings. A local dispute with the Times editorling continues with two anonymous contributors, You Bet No 1 and No 2, exchanged barbs over election coverage and saloon burning rumors.
Mrs. Wm D Ryckman of Catharines Ontario reports using R V Pierce's Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets for three months. She says she was reduced to a skeleton unable to walk or keep food down and near death but is now able to do her own work, and feels made new again.
Whitman sells more groceries than any house in Sullivan Indiana. Customers are urged to buy groceries cheaper than published prices. The ad promises large stock and best articles with low prices on coffee by the sack and sugar by the barrel.
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